beiða

See also: Běidà

Icelandic

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpeiːða/
  • Rhymes: -eiːða

Etymology 1

From Old Norse beiða, from Proto-Germanic *baidijaną.

Verb

beiða (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative beiddi, supine beitt)

  1. to ask, to request [with accusative and genitive]
    Synonyms: biðja, beiðast
Conjugation
beiða – active voice (germynd)
infinitive nafnháttur beiða
supine sagnbót beitt
present participle
beiðandi
indicative
subjunctive
present
past
present
past
singular ég beiði beiddi beiði beiddi
þú beiðir beiddir beiðir beiddir
hann, hún, það beiðir beiddi beiði beiddi
plural við beiðum beiddum beiðum beiddum
þið beiðið beidduð beiðið beidduð
þeir, þær, þau beiða beiddu beiði beiddu
imperative boðháttur
singular þú beið (þú), beiddu
plural þið beiðið (þið), beiðiði1
1 Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.
beiðast – mediopassive voice (miðmynd)
infinitive nafnháttur að beiðast
supine sagnbót beiðst
present participle
beiðandist (rare; see appendix)
indicative
subjunctive
present
past
present
past
singular ég beiðist beiddist beiðist beiddist
þú beiðist beiddist beiðist beiddist
hann, hún, það beiðist beiddist beiðist beiddist
plural við beiðumst beiddumst beiðumst beiddumst
þið beiðist beiddust beiðist beiddust
þeir, þær, þau beiðast beiddust beiðist beiddust
imperative boðháttur
singular þú beiðst (þú), beiðstu
plural þið beiðist (þið), beiðisti1
1 Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.
beiddur — past participle (lýsingarháttur þátíðar)
strong declension
(sterk beyging)
singular (eintala) plural (fleirtala)
masculine
(karlkyn)
feminine
(kvenkyn)
neuter
(hvorugkyn)
masculine
(karlkyn)
feminine
(kvenkyn)
neuter
(hvorugkyn)
nominative
(nefnifall)
beiddur beidd beitt beiddir beiddar beidd
accusative
(þolfall)
beiddan beidda beitt beidda beiddar beidd
dative
(þágufall)
beiddum beiddri beiddu beiddum beiddum beiddum
genitive
(eignarfall)
beidds beiddrar beidds beiddra beiddra beiddra
weak declension
(veik beyging)
singular (eintala) plural (fleirtala)
masculine
(karlkyn)
feminine
(kvenkyn)
neuter
(hvorugkyn)
masculine
(karlkyn)
feminine
(kvenkyn)
neuter
(hvorugkyn)
nominative
(nefnifall)
beiddi beidda beidda beiddu beiddu beiddu
accusative
(þolfall)
beidda beiddu beidda beiddu beiddu beiddu
dative
(þágufall)
beidda beiddu beidda beiddu beiddu beiddu
genitive
(eignarfall)
beidda beiddu beidda beiddu beiddu beiddu

Etymology 2

Noun

beiða f (genitive singular beiðu, nominative plural beiður)

  1. (rare) mantis, praying mantis
Declension
Declension of beiða (feminine)
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative beiða beiðan beiður beiðurnar
accusative beiðu beiðuna beiður beiðurnar
dative beiðu beiðunni beiðum beiðunum
genitive beiðu beiðunnar beiða beiðanna

References

  • beiða”, in Íðorðabanki [Terminology Bank] (in Icelandic), Reykjavík: The Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies, 2002–2024

Old Norse

Etymology

Causative of bíða. From Proto-Germanic *baidijaną (to demand),

Verb

beiða (singular past indicative beiddi, plural past indicative beiddu, past participle beiddr)

  1. to ask, beg, request
    1. to ask [with accusative or dative ‘someone’, along with genitive ‘for something’]
    2. beiða lǫgbeiðing
      to make a lawful request
      [with accusative]

Conjugation

Conjugation of beiða — active (weak class 1)
infinitive beiða
present participle beiðandi
past participle beiddr
indicative subjunctive
present past present past
1st person singular beiði beidda beiða beidda
2nd person singular beiðir beiddir beiðir beiddir
3rd person singular beiðir beiddi beiði beiddi
1st person plural beiðum beiddum beiðim beiddim
2nd person plural beiðið beidduð beiðið beiddið
3rd person plural beiða beiddu beiði beiddi
imperative present
2nd person singular beið, beiði
1st person plural beiðum
2nd person plural beiðið
Conjugation of beiða — mediopassive (weak class 1)
infinitive beiðask
present participle beiðandisk
past participle beizk
indicative subjunctive
present past present past
1st person singular beiðumk beiddumk beiðumk beiddumk
2nd person singular beiðisk beiddisk beiðisk beiddisk
3rd person singular beiðisk beiddisk beiðisk beiddisk
1st person plural beiðumsk beiddumsk beiðimsk beiddimsk
2nd person plural beiðizk beidduzk beiðizk beiddizk
3rd person plural beiðask beiddusk beiðisk beiddisk
imperative present
2nd person singular beizk, beiðisk
1st person plural beiðumsk
2nd person plural beiðizk

Derived terms

  • beiddr (unwilling, reluctant)
  • beiðing f (request, demand)
  • beiðni f (request, demand)
  • beiðsla f (request, demand)
  • beizla f (request, demand)

Descendants

  • Icelandic: beiða
  • Faroese: beiða
  • Old Swedish: bēþa
    • Old Swedish: bēþas (from passive)
      • Swedish: bedas

Further reading

  • Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “beiða”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 45; also available at the Internet Archive